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governor may loy was elected in 2010. took office in january of 2011. he's connecticut's first democratic governor in 20 years. upon taking office, he faced a largest per capita deficit in the country. total debt of about $3.5 billion. before taking office, he did several terms as mayor of stanford, connecticut from 1995 to 2009. and what's particularly relevant today for this conversation is promising to make 2012 the year of education in connecticut. he tackled reform agenda and a state long been known for one of the nation's widest racial achievement gaps. and the governor took the lead of passing one of the nation's more dramatic education bills signed in maif of 2012. it was public act 12116 and act concerning education reform. some of the packages most significant features required a new teacher evaluation pilot in which 5% of the evaluation will be based on student learning. the governor's package created a commissioner's networking similar to the recovery school direct in louisiana. which is the ability to take authority over 25 of the state's l
governor may loy was elected in 2010. took office in january of 2011. he's connecticut's first democratic governor in 20 years. upon taking office, he faced a largest per capita deficit in the country. total debt of about $3.5 billion. before taking office, he did several terms as mayor of stanford, connecticut from 1995 to 2009. and what's particularly relevant today for this conversation is promising to make 2012 the year of education in connecticut. he tackled reform agenda and a state long...
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the insurance carrier can require that percentage to elect coverage. alternatively many carriers require the employer to pay significant percentage of the premium for employee only sometimes banana% of the costs of the concept of the employer will only pay for the coverage based on the 9.5% rule is not the case, not for small employers and not for larger employers. employees are paying significantly more because of the fact they cannot know household income. the discrimination rules which have yet to be issued our continuing concern. just for information to senior counsel for the treasury department indicated to me that they cannot enforce those rules and that is what we have experienced in actual practice. even when there is an audit they asked to check it off their list when they're done with the issue. they can't enforce the rules for self-funded plans it will be difficult for them to do so for small and share plans and difficult for the employers to coordinate a nondiscrinondiscri minatory program across various companies in different industries in
the insurance carrier can require that percentage to elect coverage. alternatively many carriers require the employer to pay significant percentage of the premium for employee only sometimes banana% of the costs of the concept of the employer will only pay for the coverage based on the 9.5% rule is not the case, not for small employers and not for larger employers. employees are paying significantly more because of the fact they cannot know household income. the discrimination rules which have...
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i believe and so does the governor and all of the elected officials and the surrounding area and members of congress who have represented the area we think it presents one of the serious environmental threats facing the metropolitan region. new york is no longer needing to face the threats because the champlain hudson power would've the liver of thousand megawatts per hour to the metropolitan region and the implementation of the champlain hudson power express of the new torque electric grid would be increased and new yorkers would no longer have to live with the dangers in their own backyard. it's obviously a benefit to new york and the safety of new yorkers is all of our concern. given the great benefits of the project ipv6 important that it is implemented in a timely manner. my question is to plan for the post-indian point new york. i am sure we have to make sure we have sufficiently reliable safe energy to replace the facility because when some of us said that it should be closed, people came back with what are you going to do to replace it so i believe the line provides a portion of
i believe and so does the governor and all of the elected officials and the surrounding area and members of congress who have represented the area we think it presents one of the serious environmental threats facing the metropolitan region. new york is no longer needing to face the threats because the champlain hudson power would've the liver of thousand megawatts per hour to the metropolitan region and the implementation of the champlain hudson power express of the new torque electric grid...
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i believe, and so does our governor and all the elected officials in the surrounding area, members of congress who represent the air in westchester county we believe it presents one of the most environmental threats facing the new york metropolitan region. but new york is no longer really need to face this threat because the champlain hudson power express would deliver 1000 megawatts and our to the new york metropolitan region. and with the implication of the champlain hudson power express, security of new york's electric grid would be increased and new yorkers will have to live with the danger of -- in their own backyard. it's obviously a benefit to new york and the city of new york as obviously as was our concern. and given the great benefits of the project i really believe that it's important that it is implemented in a timely manner. so my only question is really in our effort to plan for a post-indian point new york, i'm sure that we have to make sure that we have sufficiently reliable, safe energy to replace the nuclear facility here because when some of us said that it should b
i believe, and so does our governor and all the elected officials in the surrounding area, members of congress who represent the air in westchester county we believe it presents one of the most environmental threats facing the new york metropolitan region. but new york is no longer really need to face this threat because the champlain hudson power express would deliver 1000 megawatts and our to the new york metropolitan region. and with the implication of the champlain hudson power express,...
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the insurance carrier can require that percentage of the employees to elect the coverage. alternatively, many carriers require the employer to pay a significant percentage of the premium for employee only, sometimes 100% of the cost. so the concept the employer is only going to pay for the coverage based on the 9.5% rule is not the case. not for small employers and not for large employers. the employers are paying significantly more, especially because of the fact that they cannot know household income. the discrimination rules, which have yet to be issued, are a continuing concern. just for information, the senior council for the treasury department indicated to me that they cannot enforce those rules. that's what we've experienced in actual practice. even when there is an audit, they ask to see the testing, check it off their list and they're done with the issue. they can't enforce the current rules for self-funding plans. it will be extremely difficult for them to do so for small insurance plans, and very difficult for the employers to be able to coordinate a non-discri
the insurance carrier can require that percentage of the employees to elect the coverage. alternatively, many carriers require the employer to pay a significant percentage of the premium for employee only, sometimes 100% of the cost. so the concept the employer is only going to pay for the coverage based on the 9.5% rule is not the case. not for small employers and not for large employers. the employers are paying significantly more, especially because of the fact that they cannot know...
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and largely, the election came off largely nonviolently, very peacefully. and i think that moment is one of the things that sets the tone in addition to the truth and reconciliation commission, and those places in south african life since then where people really expected explosions and huge amounts of violence, and they didn't have it. so i think every time there is an expectation of the catastrophe which media is really good at predicting and covering when it happens, we are not quite as good as getting into the intersystems of what makes people turn away, shift away, sometimes in flight ways that making the overtime and create a new kind of way of being. >> can you talk about the place of the truth and reconciliation commission? watching it from a distance is the part that both i think was the most exciting and exhilarating and to think in some ways the most difficult to understand. >> yet, i think, again, the truth and reconciliation commission got huge attention around the world and brought a kind of i would say oprah like treatment, what was going on
and largely, the election came off largely nonviolently, very peacefully. and i think that moment is one of the things that sets the tone in addition to the truth and reconciliation commission, and those places in south african life since then where people really expected explosions and huge amounts of violence, and they didn't have it. so i think every time there is an expectation of the catastrophe which media is really good at predicting and covering when it happens, we are not quite as good...
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it was a remarkably close election. so i always come out here with a lot of different i motions -- emotions, and i'm glad to be here tonight. and i'm going to talk about american exceptionalism really in three bites. you know, first of all i'm going to talk a little bit about what calista's been doing which is aimed at teaching 4-8-year-olds about american exceptionalism and american history, something which we tragically find more and more of our young people are not learning in school, and so they need help learning it. then i'm going to talk briefly about lincoln and tomorrow's 150th anniversary of what may have been one of the most important speeches in american history and if many ways -- in many ways one of the most important speeches in human history because it described a standard we should meet, and then i'm going to talk about "breakout" which in some ways is the culmination of my 55 years going back to 1958 of trying to understand what we need to do as a country. in '58 my dad was stationed in france, convinc
it was a remarkably close election. so i always come out here with a lot of different i motions -- emotions, and i'm glad to be here tonight. and i'm going to talk about american exceptionalism really in three bites. you know, first of all i'm going to talk a little bit about what calista's been doing which is aimed at teaching 4-8-year-olds about american exceptionalism and american history, something which we tragically find more and more of our young people are not learning in school, and so...
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but what's your suggestion on -- what been finally resolved the i know we said elections, if the elections are affected by decisions of the executive branch, what do the people who are the final arbiters of this definition of the constitution? >> to me are -- >> i'm asking mr. cannon. >> i think it was to meet him and get asking if there's no remedy, what did the people do. to what particular sort of abuses are you -- >> anyone on the list of the enumerated powers, for example, any with the question of war because that's the starkest of all. >> there is a procedure in the constitution that allows peoplee people to amend the constitution without going through congress. that is another method where the people can try to restrain executive spent you suggest then if that should happen why would an executive with such disrespect for the constitution today on an amended constitution from the constitutional convention? >> that is an excellent question. >> i would like to turn to mr. turley. he's had a chance to reflect upon the earlier statement of the situation that we are in, and where this goe
but what's your suggestion on -- what been finally resolved the i know we said elections, if the elections are affected by decisions of the executive branch, what do the people who are the final arbiters of this definition of the constitution? >> to me are -- >> i'm asking mr. cannon. >> i think it was to meet him and get asking if there's no remedy, what did the people do. to what particular sort of abuses are you -- >> anyone on the list of the enumerated powers, for...
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makes it attractive and that is one of the major factors as to why the president, once you only got elected and he felt there was a series, sophisticated committed partner on the other side, that the president now has committed political will in his own name towards this process in which is not done at all since he took office. and that combined with the iranians are doing the same is creating a dramatically different situation into negotiations than ever has existed. but still he didn't mean it was easy and it didn't mean it couldn't have collapsed. the talks were supposed to end friday, but they continued on through saturday and that's when john kerry should have been to all of the other foreign ministers showed up and that a lot of us were thinking, they are only showing up because ideal already is had and they just had to wait for them to show up so the photo op could be there without any one of the missing. then it just kept dragging on. then they became 10 p.m. at night government and the talk was that john kerry has to go to london the day after. curiously because he needed have been
makes it attractive and that is one of the major factors as to why the president, once you only got elected and he felt there was a series, sophisticated committed partner on the other side, that the president now has committed political will in his own name towards this process in which is not done at all since he took office. and that combined with the iranians are doing the same is creating a dramatically different situation into negotiations than ever has existed. but still he didn't mean...
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but in the virginia governor's election, i lived in maryland, it did seem to have an effect at least on those going to the polls, the women going to the polls. >> host: thank you, sir. >> guest: yes. the war on women theme was very effective, and what i think about that is, first of all, i mean, democrats have been far better at listening to women, being informed by various women's centers that they, with whom they correspond be, and they got their message, and they fine-tuned that message for different age groups. it was fairly clear, for example, in the last presidential campaign that the republicans did not do that. and i think that for many conservatives as i said before, there are all these women's groups that are supported. they tend to be fairly liberal to radical. and where are the women's groups on the conservative side? there are a few. there's the independent women's forum and the clare boothe luce, a great student group called new. these groups are either libertarian or more conservative, but there are very few of them. so i think that republicans have a serious problem b
but in the virginia governor's election, i lived in maryland, it did seem to have an effect at least on those going to the polls, the women going to the polls. >> host: thank you, sir. >> guest: yes. the war on women theme was very effective, and what i think about that is, first of all, i mean, democrats have been far better at listening to women, being informed by various women's centers that they, with whom they correspond be, and they got their message, and they fine-tuned that...
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he's in his third term, elected in 2009, represents california's 3rd district. he's taking your calls and questions this morning. johnny's up next from woodbridge, virginia, on our line for democrats. johnny, good morning. >> caller: morning. i'd like to say they turned -- i wonder what's wrong with how much money they're spending in afghanistan, halliburton is the problem. because a as long as they are there, the money going to pour in, and vice president -- ex-vice president cheney, he was collecting money before, during and after. and he still is right now collecting money from the government. >> host: johnny, did you have a question for the congressman? >> caller: why these, somebody don't say something about the work habits of congress. congress want people to go out there and find jobs 20 hours a week. congress don't work 10 hours a month. >> host: congressman. >> guest: well, we actually work at least 10 hours a month, but this in recent times with republican leadership, the amount of work being done in congress has been very, very slim. and the hours wor
he's in his third term, elected in 2009, represents california's 3rd district. he's taking your calls and questions this morning. johnny's up next from woodbridge, virginia, on our line for democrats. johnny, good morning. >> caller: morning. i'd like to say they turned -- i wonder what's wrong with how much money they're spending in afghanistan, halliburton is the problem. because a as long as they are there, the money going to pour in, and vice president -- ex-vice president cheney, he...
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but what's your suggestion on -- what been finally resolved the i know we said elections, if the elections are affected by decisions of the executive branch, what do the people who are the final arbiters of this definition of the constitution? >> to me are -- >> i'm asking mr. cannon. >> i think it was to meet him and get asking if there's no remedy, what did the people do. to what particular sort of abuses are you -- >> anyone on the list of the enumerated powers, for example, any with the question of war because that's the starkest of all. >> there is a procedure in the constitution that allows peoplee people to amend the constitution without going through congress. that is
but what's your suggestion on -- what been finally resolved the i know we said elections, if the elections are affected by decisions of the executive branch, what do the people who are the final arbiters of this definition of the constitution? >> to me are -- >> i'm asking mr. cannon. >> i think it was to meet him and get asking if there's no remedy, what did the people do. to what particular sort of abuses are you -- >> anyone on the list of the enumerated powers, for...
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he's a manufacturer who is elected to the senate in wisconsin and that's a good example and mike burgess was a medical doctor in carrying this around and he has a smart phone. but his smart phone has an application that does cardiology. you can really put it up when he gets us with his smart phone and he gets where we are going. and tim griffin is a great congressman from arkansas and he knows the general direction we are going. and there's enough to be hopeful about. >> mr. speaker. we are taking questions from youtube and we have been online all week so we have some that people have e-mailed to us and we will start right now the first one. since you cannot see the screens, i will read it to you. how would you rate president obama's foreign policy compared to that of richard nixon? system kevin jacobsen and red buttons. [applause] [laughter] [laughter] >> without getting myself into much trouble, it's like how would you compare a bunny rabbit and a german shepherd. [laughter] [laughter] and i really do worry for the country for the next two years. because if you watch the syrians just g
he's a manufacturer who is elected to the senate in wisconsin and that's a good example and mike burgess was a medical doctor in carrying this around and he has a smart phone. but his smart phone has an application that does cardiology. you can really put it up when he gets us with his smart phone and he gets where we are going. and tim griffin is a great congressman from arkansas and he knows the general direction we are going. and there's enough to be hopeful about. >> mr. speaker. we...
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the reason i think there's a lot to this is that when richard nixon was elected in 1968 -- and julie and i spent so many evening with him -- '9 and '70, one name that kept coming up over and over again, and i think this would be an interesting article some day. documenting the personal relationship based on complete confidence and fondness between richard nixon and thomas dewey. knickson wanted to name dewey warren's successor. he wanted to elevate him to the supreme court. dewey said, basically, i'm too old. he wanted to be secretary of defense. wanted to be anything in his government, and this was gratitude but a relationship that was forged without question back in a time when thomas dewey identified nixon as a young political comer. >> i know that after my father was nominated and eisenhower and my father met, eisenhower admitted he didn't realize just quite how young my father was when he made the decision for him to be the running mate. i don't think he realized he was 39. maybe he thought he was 41 or something. thought he was 42? >> that's right. 39 years old. >> let me go ba
the reason i think there's a lot to this is that when richard nixon was elected in 1968 -- and julie and i spent so many evening with him -- '9 and '70, one name that kept coming up over and over again, and i think this would be an interesting article some day. documenting the personal relationship based on complete confidence and fondness between richard nixon and thomas dewey. knickson wanted to name dewey warren's successor. he wanted to elevate him to the supreme court. dewey said,...
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elected up on the amazon and of the various book catalogs i could find. no one is ever used the title. such an obvious title it also is the title betty essentially gives me into a lot of trouble. i find a very good way of bringing yourself to enter for taking this of town a bigger to is to look and amazon one star reviews. one star reviews, when they say, this is the most boring book and never read in my life. there is 11 star review at the moment from a woman he says, i am an unabashed militant feminist and and so appalled by the fact is called the men who united the rates. so i get no one star of you without even being read. but her view is one that i anticipated. why is it all made? the fact is, the reality is that in the physical united states of america it has been the business, almost entirely, man. there's only one woman who appears in the story, and that is sacajawea analysts in kaj saga. otherwise i'm afraid to say women play and sillery rules. in other an important role and other aspects of america, but not in the physical union of the nation. s
elected up on the amazon and of the various book catalogs i could find. no one is ever used the title. such an obvious title it also is the title betty essentially gives me into a lot of trouble. i find a very good way of bringing yourself to enter for taking this of town a bigger to is to look and amazon one star reviews. one star reviews, when they say, this is the most boring book and never read in my life. there is 11 star review at the moment from a woman he says, i am an unabashed...
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you think this sort of liberal populist direction for the democratic party can win elections outside massachusetts? is this an active debate within the democratic coalition right now? >> when you poll the public on things like education, jobs, people want good jobs. people want the american dream. if you look at doug sosnick recent blog post, i think he was -- which i think was not in atlantic but in the politico? sorry. i think it's totally right, that one of the great unifying factors in this country was if you work hard and play by a sense of fairness rules, you should do okay. and our guidepost was our kids, the next generation, do better than we are. and that's changed. and people are really anxious about that. they want to work hard and want to do okay. and so i think that there is -- were look at the elections the just, in 2013, christie one in new jersey. that's true. but so did minimum wage expansion. terry mcauliffe one in virginia. walsh in boston. the bellagio in new york. someone -- toledo, the person -- >> could you speak up a little bit please? >> sorry. there is somet
you think this sort of liberal populist direction for the democratic party can win elections outside massachusetts? is this an active debate within the democratic coalition right now? >> when you poll the public on things like education, jobs, people want good jobs. people want the american dream. if you look at doug sosnick recent blog post, i think he was -- which i think was not in atlantic but in the politico? sorry. i think it's totally right, that one of the great unifying factors...
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[laughter] 53 autumns ago in the 1960 general election for president, john kennedy said this: if by a liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their school, their jobs, their civil rights and civil liberties -- someone who believes we can breakthrough the stalemate and suspicion that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by liberal, then i'm proud to say i'm a liberal. as andrew and stephen write in their introduction to their father's letters, arthur schlessinger jr. helped kennedy craft those words. the letters, which are a marvelous book, chronicles the late historian's views really from world war for through the -- world war ii through the second iraq war. you can read letters from adelaide stevenson, john kennedy, robert kennedy, henry kissinger, william f. buckley jr., al gore, gore vidal, jacqueline kennedy and naturally -- given arthur's interest in american history -- groucho marx, sammy davis jr. and bi
[laughter] 53 autumns ago in the 1960 general election for president, john kennedy said this: if by a liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their school, their jobs, their civil rights and civil liberties -- someone who believes we can breakthrough the stalemate and suspicion that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean...
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he's written two books on this subject to elections across the subject of. is a very close personal friend. he's a senior advisor and he's agreed to join us today. and tom will give a presentation and take some questions and answers. tom, thank you very much. welcome tom daschle. [applause] >> byron, thank you very much for that generous introduction. thank you all for your warm reception this morning. i really appreciate the opportunity to be with you and to talk as denis edney, about something that we all care deeply about. and i think it is appropriate that i'm the third in this line of midwestern speakers, minnesota, north dakota. the gateway to south dakota and it's only appropriate that i come third. denis and byron and i grew up in states where, in most of the kids you put in turning and leaving on the same post. those kids are about seven years old before they realize the name of the town isn't resume speed. so we have a lot in common. but obviously you can understand why i'm as proud of denis' work and his commitment to public service as i am this m
he's written two books on this subject to elections across the subject of. is a very close personal friend. he's a senior advisor and he's agreed to join us today. and tom will give a presentation and take some questions and answers. tom, thank you very much. welcome tom daschle. [applause] >> byron, thank you very much for that generous introduction. thank you all for your warm reception this morning. i really appreciate the opportunity to be with you and to talk as denis edney, about...
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capitalism and the free market , freestern civilization elections, women can run for office in jordan and dubai, abu dhabi. these are westernized states. the last thing that they want for their burgeoning economies is to be destabilized by a nuclear iran. if you want to look to peace in the middle east, look to good actors that are doing great things. they are bringing in reforms as fast as they can. reward them, do not reward the bad guys to say they want to wipe iran off the face of the earth. host: iowa, independent caller. caller: i am honored to stick with you. i have a problem with -- in the manner that we are negotiating with these people, it is in a secular way. i do not think a lot of people ,nderstand that the iranians their negotiations are in a radical, religious way. a lot of people do not understand that to them it is honorable and heroic to successfully lie and deceive the thedel, which is us, and zionist, which is the israelis. we are naÏve to think that they do not believe -- that they do not understand what they are doing is actually deceiving us. and totally -- the
capitalism and the free market , freestern civilization elections, women can run for office in jordan and dubai, abu dhabi. these are westernized states. the last thing that they want for their burgeoning economies is to be destabilized by a nuclear iran. if you want to look to peace in the middle east, look to good actors that are doing great things. they are bringing in reforms as fast as they can. reward them, do not reward the bad guys to say they want to wipe iran off the face of the...